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...background (19 goals and 45 assists) is Gillies, and at 6 ft., 3 in., 224 lbs., he looms large indeed to harried defenders. Gillies comes up with the puck the direct way: he sweeps the boards of bodies, then passes off the puck they leave behind. With Denis Potvin, the only defenseman other than Bobby Orr to notch two 30-goal seasons, bringing up the rear, an Islanders' onslaught can be awesome. According to Chicago Black Hawk Center Stan Mikita, there is but one good defense: "You just pray...
...Montreal had identical records but New York won the spot on total regular season goals, 246-244. 18. Pierre Larouche, Pittsburgh Penguins, 20 years, 5 months. 19. 50 penalties. Islanders vs. Rangers, Zebra Ron Wicks. 20. Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, 17 years old. 21. Boom-Boom Geoffreon, Denis Potvin and Gilbert Perreault. 22. The Birmingham Bulls. 23. Harry Howell of the New York Rangers in 1967. 24. Darryl Sittler. 25. Pat Hickey of New York and Danny Gare of Buffalo. 26. Once, as coach of the Islanders in 1973-4. 27. 8, for the Philadelphia Blazers. 28. The Minnesota Fighting...
...Dennis Potvin made it 2-0 and Bob Nystrom's first of three goals gave the Islanders a three-goal advantage. Moose DuPont slipped one past a sleeping Chico Resch just before the end of the period to make...
What NHL hockey team sports a pair of brothers? (The Islanders, with Denis and Jean Potvin.) What do the numbers 12 and 27 mean to Randy Roth? 21 and 32? (His goals and assists for his sophomore and junior years...
Other members of the panel were John Kessel, professor of Government at Amherst and executive director of the Massachusetts Nixon Committee, and Greg Potvin, a former Democratic candidate for the senate from Idaho...